Industrial

en van gewone industrial zou ik zeggen

epiteth....HET label als het om industrial hardcore gaat. ( als je het mij vraagd )laurent hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
zijn al jarennnnnnnnn met industrial hardcore bezig. En klinkt vele malen toffer als de "industriele" dingen die we tegenwoordig opeens allemaal horen. Kwestie van smaak denk ik.

Industrial music

Industrial music grew as an offshoot of electronic music known as musique concrète, which was made by manipulating cut sections of recording tape, and adding very early sound output from analog electronics devices.

The term was meant by its creators to evoke the idea of music created for a new generation of people, previous music being more agricultural. Specifically, it referred to the streamlined process by which the music was being made, although many people later interpreted the word as a poetic reference to an "industrial" aesthetic, recalling factories and inhuman machinery.

The first wave of this music appeared in the late 1970s in the UK with bands like Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire and SPK. Blending electronic synthesisers, guitars and early samplers, these bands created an aggressive and abrasive music fusing elements of rock with experimental electronic music.

In the early 1980s, advances in sampling technology and the popularity of synthesised new wave music bought some industrial musicians greater exposure. As much as some New Wave bands were informed by the experiments of the industrial bands, the original industrial groups also began to refine their sound. Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle experimented with dance beats, and the Cab's (as they were known by fans) album The Crackdown (1983) was released on Virgin Records to some success.

Industrial rock
In the 1980s the more experimental side of industrial music became subsumed into dance and rock music.
Bands such as Skinny Puppy and Ministry mixed shock-rock performances with electronic samples and heavy metal guitars to create a genre often referred to as "industrial rock". Other notable artists in this genre enjoyed widespread mainstream success in the 1990s, including but not limited to Front Line Assembly, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, White Zombie, and Fear Factory.

Modern industrial music
Modern industrial music is generally sequenced, making heavy use of FM & digital synths. It is characterized by a deadened snare drum sample and a heavy bass drum sample to a rock or techno beat. Vocals are often distorted and can feature tortured lyrics. The auto-arpeggiate feature of modern synthesizers is used often, to create complex sounding multiple simultaneous arpeggiations from multiple synthesizers which are synchronized with drum machines via MIDI. Reliance on heavy distortion pioneered by heavy metal also typifies the genre. Contemporary industrial music tends to be, but not exclusively, club-oriented.

Today, "Industrial" as a genre name has become largely obsolete. It has fractured into many sub-genres.
While most of these sub-genres have roots in the industrial scene of the eighties, they also draw upon other influences, mainly from the electronic music scene.
Here is a list of some of the more prominent subgenres:

EBM (Electronic Body Music)
The term "EBM" was coined by Belgian act Front 242 in the eighties; it denotes a certain type of danceable electronic music. EBM beats are typically 4/4, often with some minor syncopation to suggest a "rock" rhythm. Heavy synths are usually prominent, and the vocals are often militaristic.
Examples: Front 242, Bigod 20, Assemblage 23, Nitzer Ebb

Futurepop
Futurepop is a relatively recent offshoot of the EBM scene. It involves a fusion of EBM and synthpop, combining the heavier beats of EBM with lighter melodies and more emotional vocals.
Examples: VNV Nation, Covenant, Apoptygma Berzerk

Elektro
Elektro (not to be confused with Electro) is largely a catch-all category that fills the space between power noise, EBM, old-style industrial, and gothic music. The main forerunner for these acts is the legendary eighties Canadian band Skinny Puppy, who produced strange but compelling industrial-gothic electronic music. Typically this is a darker form of EBM; however this can often refer to acts that combine EBM with another subgenre (for example Feindflug, who combine EBM with power noise).
Examples: Numb, Wumpscut, Front Line Assembly, Funker Vogt, Hocico

Darkwave
Darkwave is largely a combination of neo-classical, EBM, and synthpop music.
Examples: Deine Lakaien, Das Ich, Switchblade Symphony, Cruxshadows

Industrial rock (or coldwave)
With its roots in the eighties scene with bands like the Young Gods and Ministry, Coldwave and Industrial Rock exploded on the American scene in the mid-90's.
Rock-like guitars with prominent synthesizer accompaniment, and live or sampled drums. Lyrical content varies, but is typically cyberpunk-oriented in some fashion.
Examples: Chemlab, 16 Volt, Hate Dept., Acumen Nation

Power noise
Power noise (also known as rhythmic noise) takes its inspiration from some of the more rhythmic, distorted early industrial acts, such as Esplendor Geométrico. There are also certain techno and technoid (see below) influences. Typically, power noise involves heavily distorted beats, harsh (but not overwhelming) noise, and is usually instrumental. Sometimes a melodic component is added, but this is almost always secondary to the rhythm. Power noise tracks are typically structured and danceable, but often they are more abstract.
Examples: Winterkälte, Imminent Starvation, Converter

Industrial Techno
Industrial Techno is a jarring cross between power noise, traditional industrial, and techno. It often resembles house music in structure, while keeping the harsh sounds, noises, and fast pacing of industrial music. Although guitars are not uncommon, lyrics and a verse-chorus-verse structure are very rare.
Examples: Pow[d]er Pussy, Punch Inc., Black Lung

Technoid
Technoid is a relatively recent subgenre. Technoid acts take equal parts inspiration from the industrial and IDM scene. The end result is usually diverse IDM-styled music with varying levels of industrial influence.
Examples: Gridlock, Beefcake, Somatic Responses, Xingu Hill

Dark ambient
Dark ambient is largely what the name implies. Unlike ambient in the techno scene, however, dark ambient is almost entirely beatless. Drones are usually prominent, and a bleak mood is usually apparent.
Examples: Sunn0))), Caul, Strom.ec

Death industrial
This is basically the industrial version of death metal. Extremely morbid in style, tone, and subject matter, it is also usually quite noisy and disturbing to listen to. It is also closely related to power electronics.
Examples: Brighter Death Now, Godflesh, Swamp Terrorists

Power electronics
This is often confused with power noise but is completely different. Power electronics is closely related to the noise music scene, and despite the name the music is usually pretty low-tech. It largely consists of screeching waves of feedback and screamed, distorted, often hateful and offensive lyrics.
Examples: SPK, Whitehouse, Sutcliffe Jugend, Masonna, Merzbow